Zimmer at a Glance

FAST FACTS

  • Headquarters: Warsaw, Indiana
  • Year founded: 1927 in Warsaw, Indiana by Justin O. Zimmer
  • 2013 fiscal sales: $4.6 billion
  • Employee count: 9,000
  • Our Purpose: Restore mobility, alleviate pain and improve the quality of life for patients around the world. Relentless customer focus, innovative solutions, disciplined execution and dedicated people enable us to deliver products and procedures to treat musculoskeletal conditions.
  • Mission: Lead the industry in delivering value to healthcare providers, their patients and stockholders, while embracing our social responsibilities.

COMPANY PROFILE

For more than 85 years, Zimmer has been a driving force of innovation in musculoskeletal health and orthopedic surgery. Today, Zimmer is the world leader in developing musculoskeletal solutions, orthopedic implant technologies and clinical services to meet the interconnected needs of patients, surgeons and healthcare institutions. Supported by the efforts of more than 9,000 employees in more than 25 countries, Zimmer focuses on restoring mobility and improving the quality of life for patients around the world in more than 100 countries.

Global Presence
Zimmer's World Headquarters is in Warsaw, Indiana. Regional Headquarters are located in Switzerland and Singapore. Zimmer's manufacturing operations include facilities in Dover, Ohio; Parsippany, New Jersey; Ponce, Puerto Rico; Shannon, Ireland; Warsaw, Indiana; Winterthur, Switzerland; and Xianning, China. The company maintains an extensive network of research and development centers, including facilities in Warsaw, Indiana, Switzerland, China, a technology center in Montreal, Canada; and a biologics research laboratory in Austin, Texas. Other Zimmer locations include Zimmer Spine in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Zimmer Dental in Carlsbad, California.

Legacy of Innovation
Zimmer continues to build on our strong legacy of innovation to enhance the value we provide to our partners in musculoskeletal healthcare. Zimmer maintains world-class scientific facilities and resources, and collaborates with leading clinicians and researchers around the world. Zimmer owns or controls through licensing arrangements more than 4,500 issued patents and patent applications throughout the world. We share a commitment with healthcare providers to find the technologies, treatments and solutions that can deliver high quality, cost-effective musculoskeletal care. Our commitment to patients shapes all day-to-day decisions at Zimmer. A relentless focus on customer service, innovative solutions and disciplined execution enables Zimmer to deliver products and procedures to treat a comprehensive range of musculoskeletal conditions across the continuum of care.

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